Comments Thread For: Larry Merchant on The State of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

[Sugar Q]

If you thought highly of Mosley, then you would think the same thing about Cotto and Marg. Because all 3 lose and won against each other.

So Pac had an option to choose too either fight Cotto or Mosley. Either fight would be great..He just chose fight Cotto. You cant be ducking the other guy if you chose to fight another opponent who was equally on the same level.

Keep it real dude and cut the BS. Pac was waiting in the cut til all the bravado dudes (Mosley, Cotto & Margarito) went to war with each other. Once they were wounded Pac attacked them. 7 in a row!!!!! There is no excuse for his BS!
Pac chose to fight after each fighter was beaten, you know and I know that is the truth. So let's not celebrate this dude like he beat a bunch of undefeated or even streaking fighters because he didn't. On the other hand Floyd beat Marquez and Mosley while Pac was avoiding both of them not after but while. Bottom line Pac turned down 50 million+ for 15 million over blood testing. You can try to make all the sense in the world of that but that would clearly be **** because it is what it is and there is absolutely no excuse for it!!!!!!

[Tacate Beans]

N!gga $h!t Negroid is the real Pu$$y here, he ducked & sleaze out Cintron,Margo since 2006
then 1years after he'l N!gga out for 2 years of hiding then came back while the ww division isn't the same.

[SluggerFan]

Keep it real dude and cut the BS. Pac was waiting in the cut til all the bravado dudes (Mosley, Cotto & Margarito) went to war with each other. Once they were wounded Pac attacked them. 7 in a row!!!!! There is no excuse for his BS!
Pac chose to fight after each fighter was beaten, you know and I know that is the truth.

Dude, you make no sense. When Cotto fought Margarito at 147 lbs in 2008, Pacquiao was fighting Diaz at 135 lbs. Then he got the BIG fight with ODLH at 147 lbs, and don't criticize that, who wouldn't take the huge Oscar payday. So, next time before spouting off, make sure you get your facts straight. You can't duck somebody when you are weighing 12 pounds less at the time. Duh!!

[Reloaded]

I garruntee if Pacquiao gets by Mosley in dominating fashion (and I assure you he will), he would be favored to beat Mayweather if they were to fight sometime in the next year or so. Manny will knock Floyd out in the fight, Floyd's scared

Off course Manny will beat Mosley in dominating fashsion , Mosley is older and more past it than when Floyd owned him , why do you think they chose Mosley after Mora but ducked Mosley prior to Floyd lol

, some of you guys are a very gullible , I,ll guarentee you if Floyd fights Pac that Floyd will be the betting favorite , I guarentee you that the big money bets will go on Floyd ,,, Pac wont KO Floyd , fighting CW sloths in gigantic oversized rings and fighting washed up former champs wont be anything like what Pac will face against Floyd .

[SluggerFan]

Off course Manny will beat Mosley in dominating fashsion , Mosley is older and more past it than when Floyd owned him , why do you think they chose Mosley after Mora but ducked Mosley prior to Floyd lol

, some of you guys are a very gullible , I,ll guarentee you if Floyd fights Pac that Floyd will be the betting favorite , I guarentee you that the big money bets will go on Floyd ,,, Pac wont KO Floyd , fighting CW sloths in gigantic oversized rings and fighting washed up former champs wont be anything like what Pac will face against Floyd .

And I will bet on Pacquiao with the odds favoring Floyd and clean up after the fight...

[Pacquiao'd]

The discussions were all so smooth...negotiating...laying their cards on the table...arguing ... etc. After a week when all is said and done, Floyd balked and introduced this ****** blood testing.

You can give Mr. M;weather credit though. With all his antics, and craziness, and ******ity the boxing audience are anxious now for him to get in the ring and have his mouth shut. Of course they'll have to pay tickets or PPV to enjoy the sight. Smart, very smart.

OST was in from the begining of negoatiations which pac originally agreed to. you fail and have been

[Pacquiao'd]

I concur with Larry Merchant,,,BUT:

There is a difference in between the fighters that fight for money and those that fight for glory.

If you like Mayweathers style of ducking for the business sake you must not like the fighters that PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE FOR GLORY,,,,,,,,,by the way the money will come with the winners.

Mayweather will NEVER GO DOWN, EVER, as an ATG in my book due to his behavior in the ring over the past 5 years.

He has ducked fighters mentioned in Merchants interview for no matter what the reason. This makes Mayweather stand out amongst all the great fighters I have watched since the 50's as being the only one with $#!* on his face.

With his attitude, his mind set, the fear of losing, always having to tell himself no one can beat him while running (hbo 24/7) he would never be in the class of Rocky Marciano, Ali,,Fraizer , even Liston, Foreman , Leonard , Benitez, Hearns, Carlos Ortiz, Salvador Sanchez, Gomez, Duran, Hagler, Ruben Hurricane Carter, my favorite middleweight growing up, and the list goes on and on.

Mayweather is not the face of boxing, boxing doesn't have $#!* on its face!!!

I have nothing personal to say about the man, All of my thoughts are about the "Fighter in Mayweather". I could care less about his money or what he does with his time outside the ring. That is his business, same for Pacman, BUT,,,,,,,,,

What Pac brings to the Fight GAME is what David P. Greisman said," Pacquiao's fights are the SUPER BOWLS, the biggest of bouts."

If you are into this fight game to see who can make the most money or most ppv's then you are " NOT " a fightfan but a FRAUD who likes to get on here and spout your $H!T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know who you are.

pac fights tomato cans for glory not money? news to me

[Betdwn]

Manny only fights shot Top Rank fighters coming off a loss.....Mayweather doesnt fit that profile.

Congratulations, you are the first poster to not add any value to this thread!!!

[bluetuazon]

No excuse for picking Shane over a JMM rematch.

money.......there you go....

after shane...i think pac/jmm will happen..

[big_james10]

I agree with Larry Merchant he makes sense, but Teddy Atlas he's non sense.

This article is pure s.hit! I have absolutely no respect for anything that comes out of Larry Merchant's mouth. Larry Merchant hates Floyd Mayweather and has hated him for years. In every Mayweather fight that Merchant has called in the last seven years, he has predicted that Mayweather would lose. Around the seventh or eight round when it became apparent that Mayweather would not lose, Merchant began *****ing and complaining about anything and everythign to avoid giving Floyd any credit for his accomplishments. Then, in his interview with Floyd after the fight, he spends the majority of the time taking cheap shots at him.

Asking Merchant's opinion about Mayweather and trying to pass it off as an objective analysis is the equivalent of asking an atheist about his opinion of the Pope and calling it an objective analysis.